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Posted: 8/23/2004 10:54:28 AM EDT
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Thats what the nice lady at work told us at the lunch table full of people one day, " all NRA members were......" Right before I slapped my NRA card on the table..... I think that was a cup of STFU.... |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:00:48 AM EDT
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 I would have loved to have seen that!BTW: Was your NRA card hard to find between all of your Jeep Fan Club card's? 
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:55:41 AM EDT
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CavVet you mean to tell me you're a.... "Member"? 
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Posted: 8/23/2004 2:17:46 PM EDT
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Handshake and all.
 I was on light duty at the lieberal infested HQ office. Full pay to do bs, ok. No problem. The day after that the hottest wench out of the bunch came out passing out flyers to vote for that damn trapping law we now have. Our next topic was "Guess how stupid banning trapping is". Needless to say, my company who loves to have people on light duty instead of L&I, loves to not have people off (loss time), said they no longer had any light duty work for me. Easiest thing I ever got out of in my life. And the NRA card was a riot. The office girls didnt like her anyway, so I got a few hi fives that afternoon, and even a closet admission of another NRA member. |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 3:13:24 PM EDT
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So there I was, a few years ago with my new date for the evening sitting in Dennys after a few hours of pouring beer down my throat at the Old Pequilar and staring at her chest (No, I have no idea what color her eyes were or are) when we get to politics and she got out how some inititative she was in favor of got shot down because I676(?) was on the same ballot and every "slimy NRA member crawled out form under their rock" and voted it as well as the ting she cared about down. I paused and said "Everyone in the NRA is slimy and lives under a rock?" Brittany says back "The slimy ones are the nicer ones, they only get worse from there", "I see" I replied as I fished in my wallet and handed her a card, my NRA card, while saying "You might want to take a look at this" Eyes a poppin, cheeks turning bright red, and holy shit a dame at a total loss for words! |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 5:57:44 PM EDT
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Not sure you know how the gas business works, but there are independent gas stations left. Just because you see a brand sign, does not mean it's company owned. There are company owned stations, branded independents, and unbranded independents. The number of independents left goes down every year because the monopolies run them out of business. I won't tell you how to live and spend your money, but it doesn't bother me to spend a nickel more per gallon to support an independent. I try to support my neighbors when I can. |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 7:41:28 PM EDT
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Is that why nearly every nation has a giant trade deficit with China?  tsk tsk tsk. |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 10:43:48 PM EDT
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"Trade deficit" does not mean buy a lot and sell few? However, it does not say where the money goes. Not so long ago I read an article about how many American companies (the big ones) actually avoid (evade) huge amout of taxes by offshoring their operations. I try to buy American but nowadays it is almost impossible to buy a product made with parts from a single origin. In my humble and ignorant opinion, offshoring jobs should be an alternative to compete globally. The husband of my wife's workmate was recently notified that he and his workmates have to train some Indians because the company's accounting (????) department will be outsorced to India. I guess someone should draw a line somewhere... |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:19:06 PM EDT
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I would quit on the spot with that news if it didn't come with a written severance agreement that invloved big $$. And, Rossi didn't you move to WA yet? Why are you still listed from GA? |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:26:08 PM EDT
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Umm, that happened in 1993, after the Cold War, and the Somalia was neither the US nor the CCCP client state. It was just a normal civil war, not so different than we had 140 years ago. |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:27:04 PM EDT
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I don't like unions either. The local bricklayers union gets more money than the laborers and guess which has the better benefits? |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:30:22 PM EDT
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Made in USA doesnt mean 100% made in USA.
I worked third party at a place that made steel fittings. Alot of them (most of the milled ones) they would bring in, polish the inside and polish made in Taiwan off then stamp made in USA. |
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Posted: 8/23/2004 11:48:59 PM EDT
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Under the dept. of commerce and the USDA they had a program where the Washington state apple farmers showed the Chinese how to grow apples for china domestic apple juice only, want to know how that worked out?
China now has over 7 million acres of apple orchards and the washington state apple growers can't even get production cost for their apples, ayear or two back thousands of acres of ripe apple orchards went unharvested, the apples rotted on the ground where they fell, take a drive up highway 97 and you could see d-9 cats with clearing blades pushing the trees into piles to be burned. In order for a company to get a loan they must agree to out-source a percentage of the production, which takes a great deal of control away from the domestic company, so if the parts are defective or late or substandard etc. there is nothing the company can do. Quality of life and standard of living is based upon production, manufacturing jobs can have a ripple employment effect of ten to one, when a company like boeing lays off 10 well paid employees up to a 100 people will lose their source of income from the ripple effect. Washington state was one of the best states for production with every kind of farming, dairy, beef, sheep, pig chicken etc, crop, orchards, fishing, logging, mining, manufacturing and on and on now all that is gone and everyone is trying to survive by cleaning each others toilets and flipping burgers for each other, not a good economic model for wealth. Yes, you can live without Wal-Mart, in fact you can live better without PRC slave goods. 
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Posted: 8/24/2004 11:56:01 AM EDT
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I visited a relative in Colorado Springs last year. We went to Wall Mart and it was filled with nasty, unhealthy, fat or hideously skinny, weathered, badly clothed peasants. They are all attracted to Wall Mart for some reason.
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Posted: 8/24/2004 1:47:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2004 6:29:16 PM EDT
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And that policy is what we (the gun enthusiasts) exploit to build "non-imported" (so-called) AW's from "parts kits." A FMP G-3 reciever that gets its last few welds and polymer finish magically becomes "made in the USA." Ditto with the trigger-pack rework to make it semi. |
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Posted: 8/24/2004 6:49:36 PM EDT
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Oh well... I guess the heart is still in GA. Georgia on my mind...  Actually, my wife did not move yet... 
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Posted: 8/26/2004 2:15:25 AM EDT
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On that note....anyone visited the new Win-Co foods down in Kent?
Went on the opening day, after seeing Collateral...showed up at around 9pm... The point is, my fucking god, what is this world coming too. Now dont get me wrong, Kent is full of degenerate, paint sniffing low-lifes, who speak russian/spanish/swahili better than english, but what the flying hell... The place was an absolute zoo. Prices are insanely low (I mean 1/3 to 2/3 of what safeway would charge....) I was buying beer by the hundreds....ex: girlfriend got a 6 pack of big sky seasonal ale for 5.88, I got 12 long necks of Killians Irish Red (See: coors with um, a horse on it) for something like 8.25 - everything was cheap. But the people. I was in line behind a russian couple. Their fucking communist son had a CCCP shirt on. I have no doubt that the asshole dad wearing the replica rolex, was russian mafia, or about to be somebodies speed bump in some shitty parking lot somewhere. The mother was wearing 112 different types of perfume, a couple of which were all natural. I'm pretty sure she owes me a few brain cells, because I lost a few just hearing her talk. On top of that, every gangbanger wannabe asspirate was in there with his glued-on wig prostitute of a girlfriend, shopping list written on the back of a court summons, aimlessly looking for the 2nd of two things they had written down (which im sure was an extreme accomplishment.) Food choice one being ice cubes. It took me about 12 seconds to realize that some places do indeed, warrant an ICBM drop. |
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Posted: 8/26/2004 10:21:40 AM EDT
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If you ever make it into the military I hope that you do one of two things.... 1. Grow up 2. Get assigned somewhere where you will not be around any other soldiers, or have any power to make a choice other than putting spoons with spoons, plates with plates, cups with cups ect.... |
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Posted: 8/26/2004 10:55:27 AM EDT
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You know the biggest irony of this thread is people attracted to the low prices of discount retailers whining about their fellow consumerss similarly attracted to the low prices of discount retailers. Perhaps they are simply unhappy with their place in in life and dislike the the reflection reality holds up to them. |
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Posted: 8/26/2004 11:18:40 AM EDT
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[Spicolli]Whoa![/Spicolli] 
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Posted: 8/26/2004 11:52:09 AM EDT
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[Bill & Ted] That was deep![/Bill & Ted] Maybe you should quit your day job...
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Posted: 8/26/2004 5:28:20 PM EDT
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I like to shop for groceries at walmart. Their prices are low compared to the places I could shop at. I live in George sure we have local store everything is higher than Walmart. They most stock stuff peolpe need that attend those dumbass concerts at the gorge. I could drive to quincy they have two grocery stores. Yea they have more of a selection but their prices are still higher than walmart. I would rather drive the 7 miles more to Ephrata and shop for groceries at walmart than shop at the local stores.
I am well aware that most walmarts stuff is chinese crap. They only hire idiots for clerks. Their sporting goods deparments are usually a joke. But thats why their are gun stores. |
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Posted: 8/26/2004 7:40:37 PM EDT
[#24]
Hey R32....lighten up buddy. Sometimes I wonder about you... |
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Posted: 8/26/2004 8:13:41 PM EDT
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Ya, I visited the Win-co, the Sam's Club, several Wal-Marts. We built them. I fucking LOVE Wal-Mart. I fucking LOVE Sam's Club. Puts food on my table
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Posted: 8/26/2004 9:07:25 PM EDT
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Just my two cents.
Anybody read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley? That part where he explains the Alphas, Betas, Gammas, etc... He also explains why a society cannot have only Alphas, or Deltas. His point is (well) demostrated by Nature and the food chain. Are there betters than others? In my personal and humble opinion, NO. Everybody is necessary for a (healthy) society to exist. Therefore, since all society layers are necessary, we would live much better respecting each other. I'm not trying to teach lessons here. Please do not get me wrong. Just showing my personal point of view and why I say "hello" and "have a nice day" to everyone from the VP of the company I work for to a person I casually talk with when checking out at a grocery store. Peace. P.S. Still changing to WA. But difficult when the "other half" is still in GA... |
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Posted: 8/27/2004 12:39:47 AM EDT
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You guys have not even seen stinky, fat, cart bumping, body odor filled, sticky floored, germ infested, spandex wrapped giant camel toed wart hog assed pig faced female humanoids on public assistance fighting for .99 bags of Frito's until you roam the isles of the Mt. Vernon Wallmart.
 If you ever sit through an episode of the cartoon "Invader Zim" with your kids....well....you will have an idea of the kind of "people" who infest this nest of genetic inbreeding. 
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Posted: 9/3/2004 2:33:36 AM EDT
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Good to know someone else has seen it in person :) |
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Posted: 9/3/2004 10:54:44 AM EDT
[#29]
Eew, WTF is that smell? 
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Posted: 9/6/2004 8:45:33 AM EDT
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Or another: 
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Posted: 9/6/2004 12:44:35 PM EDT
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Everyone who hates walmart is a socialist. QED. |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 6:36:48 PM EDT
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A Socialist?
*lol* Christ... Wal-Mart is the sewer of society. I do not know how else to say what others have said. They are full of fatasses and whining children. My sister made me go to one today and fuck if I ever go in there again. Collectively WalMart and all of its shoppers have an IQ average of maybe 70-80pts. I counted at least 5 women today with mustaches. One beautiful specimen, 250+lbs of lard with three fat children; wearing a Stihl hat, a flower print dark white stained shirt, and black spandex. ughhh...Lord what did I do to deserve that? Most of them are ill-mannered backwater hicks. I can't tell you how many ran in front of me to "get that special deal" without saying "excuse me" They are the sheep we talk about, they are the food stamp society draining losers that make us pay outrageous taxes, they are the assholes that blame society for all of their woes and expect society to fix all their problems. Do not tell me I'm a fucking Socialist. You want socialists, you go into one of those stores and look at the clientele. Bunch of money grubbing, social security check using, food stamp holding lard asses.  BTW.... I'm referring to the Chehalis, WA one. “If I wanted to remove losers from our society I would advertise a big sale, pack them in like sheep, and turn on the gas…” -friend  -Rob |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 7:38:10 PM EDT
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For all that hate Wallyworld, would you buy your groceries there for 9 months if they gave you a free Bushmaster AR-15?
My walmart did just that .
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Posted: 9/6/2004 8:41:37 PM EDT
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WTF ^
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Posted: 9/7/2004 7:11:08 AM EDT
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Speaking of "hairs breath from welfare" ... I heard an interesting thing this weekend on (hope you're sitting down) national peoples radio. Commentator was talking about labor day and unions and how the original Mr. Ford paid his (non union) people wages that would let them buy the products they made. But that Wal Mart (it was about discounters generally but he named Wal Mart) paid their people wages so low that that the -only- place they could shop was their employer... I don't usually agree with national peoples radio... but it makes ya go hmmm.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:55:41 AM EDT
[#36]
Have you been to the Mt. Vernon "store"
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Posted: 9/7/2004 1:51:20 PM EDT
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I thought you were describing the greater Mt Vernon-Burlington area in general...
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Posted: 9/7/2004 3:19:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:04:56 PM EDT
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Those who benefit from government supported monopolies based upon imported chinese slave goods should be tried for unAmerican activities.
And if found guilty sent to the PRC gulag to earn prevailing slave wages.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:28:11 PM EDT
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I do all the household shopping. I always (for 20 years) shopped at the supermarket chain that consistently has the lowest price on my shopping cart items. When the super wallmarts started up, I gave them a try. At that time (5 or 6 years ago) their prices were no better than what I was already paying. Their pricing structure has changed in the lastseveral years. Now I average saving $28 every week on groceries that I have on my grocery list. Same items, same national brands I would buy at Ingels, Publix, or Kroger. I cross shop on occasion to double check my pricing, and the average savings is real. 36weeks X $28 = $1008 in cold hard cash, or one brand new Bushie in its own plastic case. Yup, there are some scummy folks in wallyworld, but they are also in Kroger, FoodMax, Publix, Ingels, etc. In fact, I see more foodstamps being used in the regular grocery stores than at wallyworld. Plus, just try to buy ammo at a grocery store! |
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Posted: 9/25/2004 10:15:36 AM EDT
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I go to Renton Walmart since it's the closest to me.
They're the only place who have the bath soap that I use. Yeah I'm weird. Walmart ain't bad for domestic things like kitchen stuff and bathstuff. Anything else is a no no. As for shoplifting, an employee and I saw this black guy give a big box of something to hi girlfriend and she walked out with it through the automobile oil change exit door. The guy used to work there before according to the employee, I asked her why she didn't confront him, she said it's their policy not to. I told her to call the security guard and she said the CSM don;t really care and if they do it takes them forever to respond. The parking lot is patrolled by Wackenhut security. They drive around all day with their yellow light flashing. Don't even try going there on Saturday/Sunday about noon-7pm, it's freaking PACKED. I made that mistake. Never again. Now I only go like 9pm. don't go before closing either. Walmart at Supermall is not as bad as in Renton. |
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Posted: 9/25/2004 9:50:35 PM EDT
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I used to shop at the one in Federal Way occasional. Most of the people I saw were what the government considers minorities. And I felt like I just steped in to and different country going into that store. And the WenCo foods on 1st is the same way. But I guess parts of Federal Way is kind of that way anyhow. I would say I like wally because they make the lines shorter and the SafeWay or other stores with slightly higher prices. They can go ahead and feed the scum. Some one has to!!
So the three years I lived in Fed Way I just pretend I wasn't living there in the shit hole. I was just driving through to get to the middle class neighbor hood. And I thank God we sold our house and moved into a nice big house with a country setting. |
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Posted: 9/26/2004 4:32:18 PM EDT
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I went there, ONCE. Never again. The Wallmart local to me is all military or retired military, so the wierdness quotient is much lower. I walked into the Mt. Vernon place, and it was being like downtown Hazard County. 
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Posted: 9/27/2004 2:54:46 AM EDT
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Walmart in Brem is way decent than any walmart i've been to. most of the employees there are retired navy folks.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 3:29:45 AM EDT
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Thats a horrible thing to say about your sister. And i am curious about one thing. Exactly which "mom and pop" stores had to close their doors when Walmart opened in Renton. I seem to remember that Renton was a shithole LONG before they showed up... |
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